-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Xavier Parizet wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Jul 2009 22:49:58 +1000, Brenton <brentons.ho...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Having a go at installing Gentoo don't really know what I'm doing. Seems >> to >> be an error with the file I've downloaded. Should I try download again? > > You just have to download stage3-x86-2008.0.tar.bz2.CONTENTS, which is at > the same location than the stage and the DIGESTS you download... > So, don't worry, your stage seems to be OK ! > > HTH. > >> livecd gentoo # md5sum -c stage3-x86-2008.0.tar.bz2.DIGESTS >> ./stage3-x86-2008.0.tar.bz2: OK >> md5sum: ./stage3-x86-2008.0.tar.bz2.CONTENTS: No such file or directory >> ./stage3-x86-2008.0.tar.bz2.CONTENTS: FAILED open or read >> md5sum: WARNING: 1 of 2 listed files could not be read >> >> Portage seemed to be fine: >> livecd gentoo # md5sum -c portage-latest.tar.bz2.md5sum >> portage-latest.tar.bz2: OK >> >> Thanks, >> >> Brenton. > Personally, I would suggest using a newer stage3 than 2008.1; there are new stage3 tarballs generated every week in [1]. You probably want the stage3-i686-*.tar.bz2 file. (The *-i486-* files are for systems older than or otherwise not compatible with the Pentium Pro, IIRC). [1] http://distfiles.gentoo.org/releases/x86/autobuilds/ - -- ABCD -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkpuIN4ACgkQOypDUo0oQOpZ+wCfWkrv8aLYpTYpObxfydnqfSHJ MXEAnRtqV2cMjYVGae6n8ZEGnT7mtwMb =jVzS -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
